Furniture.



v Patented Aug. 23, 191() 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' J.HAAS.

FURNITURE.

APPLICIATION FILED DBO. 2, 1908.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORNEY.'

Patented Aug.'23, 1910.

UNITED sra IosnrH Heesen new rome n. r.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aiug.' 23, '1910. Application filed-December 2, 1908. Serial No. 465,689.

To'all whom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, Josnrii Haes, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andments-in combination furniture, and has for its object toprovide an article of furniture of a simple andcomparatively inexpensive nature, `and of a strong and substantial construction in, the form of a chair, having certain' features of novelty and improvement rendering it readily convertible for other purposes/such for" example, as an ironing i board or table, or asa step-ladder.

The invention consists in certain novel fea tures of the construction, and combinations and arrangements of theseveral .parts of the improved 4combination chair, whereby certain important advantages areattained, and vthe device is rendered simpler, less expensive, stronger, more compact, and otherwisebetter adapted and more convenient foruse,

all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features 'of the invention will be carefully defined in the claim,

f Inorder that my invention may be the bet'- ter understood, I will now' proceed to describe' the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- A Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination chair embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the device, showing the sameconverted for use as an ironing board or table and extendedl to its maximum length; Fig. 3 isla perspective view showing the device converted for use as- 'a step-ladder, and- F ig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the device adjusted to afford a shorter ironing board or table.

As herein shown,- the improved combination chair Acomprises upright rear side meinbers 10, 10, formed from elongated strips or pieces of flattened material 'of sufficient.

` length toproduce rear le s @hand backsup'- ports a 'integral with sai rear legs: These Y members 10, 10 are spaced 'apartl from each vother to produce between thema chamber or' compartment extended;` the full height of the chair `and its back and are/connected or tiedtogether at their ower'ends by a transversely extended lattened.brace or rung 17, which affords a. bottom for said compart- 5 ment or chambe A, A represent the forward legs of the chair, each of-which'is formed 'in twosections 12 and 13, the meeting edges of which are adapted to be fitted flush one upon the other, the rearmost leg sections 12, 12 or thosevadgacentfto the rear legs a?, being connected securely with said rear legs by meansof horizontal rearwardly directedupper and lower braces or strips 11 andllS, the former of which. afford seat supportsupori which are rested and secured the opposite ends of a rear seat section 14, .which isextended forwardly from the chamber orvcompartment between the upright rear members 1 0, 10, and has at its forward edge hinge cbnnection, as shown at 16, with 'the rearedge o f'a forward seat section 15, secured uponl the upperends of the forward leg sections 13, 13, and adapted, when the structure is in use as a chair, as shown in' Fig. 1, to be extended `in front of and flush with said rear seat section so as to aord asubstantial continua-4 tion thereof.

The line of division between the meeting edges-of the front and rear sections 12-and 13 4of the forwardI legs A, A, is extended in a direct-ion downwardly and forwardly inclined with respect to the remmembers 10, 10, and at suitable points in the length of said legs A., A, transverse step members 19, 19a, and 2O;v 20 arey extended betweenthe respective legsections 12 1.2 an d-13, 13, said members 19, and 1-9a registering with each other to produce'a lower step when the `device is adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, and

the members 20 and 2Oa also registering with each other to produce an -upper step, whereby it will be seen that,` the structure is capable of use as a short step-ladder. even when adjusted for use as a chair. The construction is also such-that the rear leg sections "12, l2 with the lrear `step'inembers 19 and 2() extended between them, and the rear seat'section le: at their upper ends form a lower ladder section, lwhile the forward leg sections 13, 13, with the seat members 19a and 0fq extended between them and the forward seat member 15 secured upon their upper ends .afford an-upper ladder section which is "adapted, when required, l to .folded upwardly and rearwardly to the positionslio'wn 1n Fig. '3, so as. to aiford a stepv ladder of greater height,theforward seat section 15 folding flush upon the top surface of they rca-r,seatsectionli, so as to. afford a substantial support'for the'upp'er ladder section, 'and the free endsy of the forward I leg sections 13, 13 bearing firmly against the forwardl edges o f .the back 'supports a, a afforded 'by the upper ends of the upright rear,members107 10. I

2 1 representsl'hooksicarried by the free ends'of the `'forward 4leg sections 13, 13 and capable?- of engagement, when the structure isiin -use as a chair,'with-eyes 22 upon the rearsections 12, 12, and also adapted, when the device is adJusted as shown 'in Fig. 3,

'for engagement with vsimilar eyes 23'upon the' back supports a.- 5 In addition toits use'l as a chair andas a step ladder,V `the device embodyingmy im- .provements is also 'capable of employment as 'anironing board or'tablegfor which pur- -pose. an ironing'board D isprovided, .the

samebeingherein shownas made in'. the 'conventional form, but centrally and trans 'verselydivided into two sections (l and (Z1 pivotally connectedV at theirA meeting endsby. means'of hinges 21, theleaves of which are secured upon the -under `surfaces of spaced battens 27,"and 27a secured upon the undersides' of. the respective sections d and dl-,as-clearl-y seen in Figs. 2 and 4, the construction being similar toarule joint in or der that when-said sections are extended end t'o end",l to afford anf-iroiiing board or. table ofmaximumlength, as shown Ainj Fig. 2, the

extremities of'said sections and'of their ref,

spective spaced battens are adapted to abutupon each other in order to-afford a strong and; lrigid structure, and prevent sagging of' the 4central part of the board.

. rThe wideror main section, d of the' iron` ingboard member D' is provided, adjacent 'to its. wider or headyend, witha, cleat Dl secured upon 'and extended transverselyf across its under surface, and the extremities of this cleat D1 are'made to project beyond the vopposite edges of said ironing board .55' securely supportrthe larger or head end of L y section d, and are made rounded and adaptvv ed'for, pivotal engagementiii rounded openeings or perforations producedin the upper parts of the back supports ya, afforded by: the uppereiids of the flattened rear members l0, 10, as clearlyshown at 25,"in Figs. 2,' A3 and Ll, the s'aid ironing board section d vbeing of a width to fit readily between said back supports whereby it yw-ill be seen that an effective pivotal connection is afforded between the ironing board member` D and saidrearsupports 10, 10, adapted to saidironing board member when the same is extended in horizontal position, as shown "in 2, but'capable/of operation toper- .mit saidmember, when its sections d and Z1 i 'ii-are foldedA one beneath the other, to.be G5-swung pivotall'v upward and rearwardly lextended chamber or compartment' between nd dropped Oiicr back of the seat portionfffof the'chair, and'housed within the vertically the flattened rear members 10, 10, aus illus- .trated in Figs. 1 and 3, so that the larger' or head section d of said memberD is eittendedup above Vthe .seat-B of the chair and Y between -the members 10, '10, to produce a back 4for the chainfl I l '29 represents an elon ated hook'pivoted .upon one of the rear-in'enibers 10.and adapted, when the ironing 'board member D Ais folded and housed between thespaced Vmembers 10, 10, to 'be extended' transversely across the rear surfaceof the folded member D and engaged with an eye 30 carried bytheopposite member 10,in such a way as to securely -hold said ironing board member D against pivotal movement when in its compacted position. Since the 'sections cl and Z1 of the :member D will usually be tended-end to end, as shown-in Fig. 2, to be dropped into vertical position with its lower end resting upon the floor in order to support the end. o f the member D wherewith saidf-leg or supportis connected, and when the member D is to be folded or compacted,

this' leg oit-support 251'is adapted to be folded Hush uponthe underside of the section d1,'as shown in Fig. 4, and its free end is of .sucha width ,as to be adapted. to be received between the spaced battens 2T, 2T at theopposite end ofv said section d1, inwhich positionsaidlegv or support may be securely held, if desire by means 'of a hook or fastening 28, carried by the free end portion -ofthe leg and engaging'the hinged end of -the section d, said leg bein of such length as .to project beyond the hinged end; when the sections are folded. Then said leg or support 25? is'adjusted to this position, the

section d? of member'D may be dropped vertically so .that its 'free end may rest upon the floor, as shown in Fior. 4c, thereby affordiii a short' ironing board:- or table, and -when it is desired to completely fold the member D, said terminal section d1 is capable of being folded against the underside ofthe section d, imposition to snugly house the-leg or-support 25a between the sections d andai1 inl order that the same may not be in the way when'thexmember D is housed between the rear members 10, lO'as above described.

' F roni'the above description of my invention it will be seen-that the improved combination chair constructed according thereto is of an extremely simple and. com )aiatively inexpensive' nature, andis particu arly well yadapted for use bynreason of ,the strength and rigidity of itsconstruction andof the compactness With which the. several jparts -fold together whennot requred'for-nseTand it'v'v'ill also be obvious from I,the above. descrption of my improvementsP thatthe device issusceptbleof some modification witho'ut'material departure from the principles and spirit of the inventionyand for this4 reason I do-not desire to be understood as l1m1t1ng myself to the precise formation and arrangement ot' the several parts herein set forth, in carrying out 4my invention in practice. y

Having thus described my invention, `what claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- A combination chair having spaced np- Wardly extended back supports, a mam lron# ing board section one end' of which is pivotally connected with said back supports, a

terminal ironing .length as to project:betn'eenfa-th board sectionfbattens car# ned by theopposed ends ofthe main and terminal sections, saidl battens being spaced,

hinged connections for the sections secured to the battens, a snpporting leg the terminal sect1on, saidlegbe l of such 'rt ens and beyondthe hinged end of the-terminal Section- When the parts are compacted, anda vfastening means Carried by the free end portionot' the leg to vcontact 'Withthe hinged end of the terminal member.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my 'na-me` in the" Vpresence of tvvo subscribing.

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